A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ahint

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

daylight Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 5.7 3 49.7 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences2111 2 5 3 0 0
Number of authors16 8 2 3 3

Occurrences of daylight in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
is as routine as wakin up tae daylight and the soonds ae singin bird on page 34

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
is expressions are a wean''s. Daylight's no his usual time fur looki on page 1

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an dance in broad daylight in meh undies on page 3

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ots that passed fer curtains. Daylight blasted intae the room like a on page 22

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ins tae save masel a fortune. Daylight robbery!
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
es ilka flaws o yers in braid daylight.
1 matches

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
here, they were running oot a daylight n immediately they sterted ma
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
de, ah shield ma eyes fae the daylight an see McDade, wan airm roon
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
eavy door open tae the bright daylight. ‘Ah want ye tae remember t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
reflectin whit remains ay the daylight.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the West, as the last ay the daylight ebbs away, clingin oan tae fr
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
icht An raise sax times afore daylight on page 15

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
adows caused by the reluctant daylight pushin its wye throwe the hea
1 matches

Orkney

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
i twine oilan tae gold in thi daylight. on page 18

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
aces flachteran past in broad daylight, though folk doon in the stre
an are hairdly ivver seen in daylight, there have been hunders o si
, oot on the streets in broad daylight, no even dressed in Muggle cl
3 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
is oot and aboot wae the lang daylight, gaan back and fore tae the b
1 matches

Shetland

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ne comin intae da cave fae da daylight ootside.
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ast day dat I left wark in da daylight, dark times ahead (2019) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I'm blyde tae hae both daylight and sunshine on wir mornin wa(2020) search twitter

Web Analytics